Region 4 Section Reports

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Region 4 Section Reports

• 5. Central Indiana Section

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Central Indiana Section Report

• IEEE Region 4 Meeting - Oct 16/17, 2004

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Central Indiana Section Demographics

• Total Members 1721
• Members 941
• Student members 381
• Senior members 120
• Life members 68
• Other 109
• Affiliates 102
• Meetings
• Section meetings per year 11-12
• Format (lunch, dinner, talk only) dinner
• Type (tour, PACE, technical) 80/20 Tour/PACE
• Section vs Chapter Section and Chapter
• Excom meetings per year 11
• quorem ExCom meetings 80
• Does not include latest AA results

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Central Indiana Section Demographics

• Section Leadership for Central Indiana Section
• Term Calendar Year 2003
• Chair Alan Stillerman, astiller_at_ieee.org,
  317-263-8888 off
• Vice Chair Jose Ramos, jaramos_at_iupui.edu ,
  317-274-0044
• Treasurer Bill Lin, wilin_at_iupui.edu,
  317-278-4559
• Secretary Tom Bishop, bishopt_at_indy.raytheon.com,
  317-306-2677
• Neighboring Sections
• North Fort Wayne and Calumet
• South Evansville Owensboro, Louisville and
  either Lexington Region 3 or Cincinnati
  Region 2
• East Cincinnati and or Dayton Region 2
• West St. Louis Region 5 and Central Illinois
• Joint Meetings held with Neighboring Sections
• None

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Central Indiana Section Demographics

• Section Organization
• Subsections N/A
• Society Chapters
• Computer
• Engineering in Medicine and Biology
• Power Engineering/Industrial Applications
• Signal Processing
• Affinity Groups
• Central Indiana Engineering Consultants Network
• Student Branches/Joint Activity
• IUPUI
• Purdue University
• Rose-Hulman
• ITT

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Central Indiana Section Vitality

• Meetings/attendance during the last year
• Jan gt ExCom organizational meeting
• Feb gt ExCom, National Engineers Week
• Mar gt ExCom, PES/IAS Short Course
• Apr gt ExCom, PES/IAS Student Awards Banquet
• May gt ExCom, Consultants Network Seminar
• June gt ExCom, Senior Member Rodeo
• July gt ExCom, Joint Computer Soc. Tour
• August gt ExCom Indians Baseball Picnic
• Sep gt ExCom, Joint PES Power Plant Tour
• Oct gt ExCom, WISH-TV Tour
• Nov gt 3rd Annual Awards Banquet Announce new
  officers
• Dec gt No Meeting

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Other Section Activities

• PACE
• Consultants Network Seminar
• S-PAC
• GOLD
• Newsletter The Reporter
• Affinity Groups
• Central Indiana Engineering Consultants Network
  (Monthly meetings)
• Pre-College Education
• Lego Robotics program. Started in 2003 and
  continued in 2004

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Successes/Best Practices

• E-Notices resulting in more non ExCom members to
  show up at ExCom meeting
• Tours
• Joint Chapter-Section tours
• Senior Members increased by 26
• CIS-IEEE 500.00 Scholarship Awarded to six
  University programs within CIS area
• IUPUI ECE and ECET
• Purdue ECE and ECET
• Indiana State - ECT
• Rose-Hulman ECE
• Baseball Social Event
• Annual Awards Banquet
• Consultants Network Seminar led to creation of
  Affinity Group
• Start up of Central Indiana Engineering
  Consultants Network

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Lessons Learned

• Have more than one person in a position for
  backup if possible
• Advertise, Advertise, Advertise
• Proper planning will produce a good event with
  good attendance
• Periodic reminders about attendance at ExCom
  meetings

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Goals for Next Year

• Participate in National Engineers Week
• Increase Senior Membership by 1 of current
  membership
• More interaction with student chapters
• Increase chapter participation at ExCom Meetings
• Hold more joint Section/Chapter meetings
• Promote use of Section website for activities and
  information by Chapters and Section
• Expand Awards
• Have people wanting to hold office
• Better marketing of benefits for holding office

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Region 4 Could Most Help My Section By

• Training of section officers
• Region sponsored leadership training
• Coordination with neighboring activities

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Region 4 Section Reports

• Central Iowa Section
• No Presentation